Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise is a life simulation game developed by Rare Ltd., for the Nintendo DS video game console and is directly based on the original game, not an all-new game in the series. This version will be developed by Rare’s handheld team, as opposed to Viva Piñata: Party Animals and the PC version of the original game, which were developed by third-party developers. This is Rare’s second Nintendo DS project, after Diddy Kong Racing DS which was developed by the same team.